Yellow_Fish7

I changed my mind gonna do a minnow tank in there, thanks for the response dude.

I would like to breed them but I am finding conflicted information as to whether or not this is doable in freshwater. The location I get mine from is downstream from the coast by a long river and multiple waterfalls and is in a forest. There are bullies in there with them (unsure what type though we saw a big male that looked like a redfin, others were all small and brown though). It seems strange that they would be able to go up the waterfall for their larvae to end up in the sea (unless there is access to the coast from the other end but there is a lot of space in between if there is). Chatgpt (not reliable I know but good for brainstorming) told me I could breed them in freshwater and keeps saying it's been done by people before in freshwater but has anyone actually done this? I have 9 shrimp atm but will be getting more in November when we go back to that place.

Gonna raise whistling tree frog tadpoles! I think they're super cool. Sadly none for sale near me so I'm gonna get them shipped from Greymouth (to Northland). I've got an ecostyle 47, raised tadpoles before but they were green and golden bell frogs. Going to gradually introduce them to my pond when they start getting back legs. Anyone got tips?

Aww, glad they're going to a good home though

Yoo nice! Got home from camp today, whole thing exceot a little bit of 'scum' on the weight was gone! Breeding caves got delivered today and I will wash them and put them into the tank in a couple hours.

Ah makes heaps of sense, thank you! I gave them raw zucchini with a plant weight last night and my male loved it! Tried it in about an hour. He's a very active and curious fish, though, so I'm not surprised. Female hasn't tried it unless she did so when I was asleep which wouldn't surprise me.

Yooo that looks cool! Cute lil guys!! Does raw zucchini work too? We've got frozen slices and I was thinking I could defrost it, weigh it down (ziptie around a rock or a plant weight) and drop it in. I'd love to do that even just for the adults tbh. Are raw vegetables safe in general? Is the boiling just to make it sink/make it softer or is raw stuff unsafe?

Alright, sounds wonderful thank you!!

Sounds great, thanks! And yeah I though he might have been too How long should you leave the cucumber in for?

Awesome thank you! Mostly I'm just worried that the tank will get too crowded with all the new little fish in there. What size can you sell them and do you feed the cucumber raw? Your comment is very helpful, makes me less nervous. :) Turns out the male wasn't fanning but I'd like to be prepared for when he is as I'm fairly certain he's getting ready.

Hey there! Got a bristlenose male doing what I believe is fanning eggs (saw him at the entrance of this little nook in the driftwood when the female was in there earlier) and I'm pretty sure it would be ideal to have a seperate tank for fry to move into, and potentially so I could separate them for a little while at a time if I start getting too overloaded. I'm a little tight on space so even the tank I'm thinking of buying for this purpose (51W x 30D x 43Hcm, 52L) is a squeeze but I'm pretty sure I can fit it. Ultimately I want the best for my fish so worse case scenario I will sell the female, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. Currently I've got a 70L tank with a 61 x 36cm footprint, well-filtered and with water changes and gravel cleaning every week to week and a half (about 15% water changes) and have no issues with anything. No other tankmates in there other than a couple pond snails. So, any tips on raising the fry? Would the 52L be okay to keep the fry in until I can sell them (or to keep the adults separate if I have far too many fry at once)? Cheers guys